Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar Presents Chris Parker and Friends, 6/4

Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar (254 W. 72nd St at Broadway and West End Ave) presents Chris Parker & Friends on Friday, June 4th. The show is from 8 PM to midnight. Admission is $10.

Guest include Maxine Brown and Beverly Crosby. The band includes Tom Barney on bass, Gary Seiger on guitar, Ted Baker on keyboard, and Max Swigart on alto.  Ashford & Simpson's Sugar Bar does serve food. More information can be found at its website: www.sugarbarnyc.com

Born in Chicago, Chris was playing drums at age three and began performing his first professional gigs at eleven. At nineteen, Parker began recording and touring with blues great, Paul Butterfield and then broke into the New York studio scene in 1970,doing records, movie scores and filling the drum chair at Saturday Night Live.

Toph, as friends know him, recorded platinum, gold and Grammy winning albums and CDs with many artists, including the original Brecker Brothers, Bob Dylan, Cher, Donald Fagen, Ashford and Simpson, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Freddie Hubbard, James Brown, Salt n' Pepa, Stuff, MiLes Davis, Patti LaBelle, Michael Bolton, and Suzy Boggus. He has toured with many artists; among them Boz Scaggs, Joe Cocker, Joe Cool, Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Paul Simon,AkikoYano and Ralph MacDonald.

Currently leading his own band, Toph-e & the Pussycats among other musical and artistic endeavors,including Dennis Collins,Damon Banks & Gwen Laster,Funkasaurus Rex, the Sherman Chamber Ensemble,Stuff Brothers & Sisters,Johnny Rosch & the Lost Session Boys,and Kelly Mittleman. More information can be found at his website: www.chrisparkerdrums.com